I guess that is the strategy our Lame-Duck-In-Chief has in mind with the midnight order that is planned that would keep the EPA from having to come up with orders to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country. It is not bad enough I guess that perchlorate, has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states and at levels that are high enough to pose health and developmental risks. According to CNN:

The EPA document says that mandating a clean-up level for perchlorate would not result in a “meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public-water systems.”

The conclusion, which caps years of dispute over the issue, was denounced by Democrats and environmentalists who accused the EPA of caving to pressure from the Pentagon.

The really sad part about this is when officials don’t even realize how transparent they are when they try to spin things like this. Take EPA official Benjamin Grumbles the EPA’s assistant administrator for water:

“We know perchlorate in drinking water presents some degree of risk, and we’re committed to working with states and scientists to ensure public health is protected and meaningful opportunities for reducing risk are fully considered,” Grumbles said.

Reducing risk going to be considered? Isn’t that their tantamount job, to ensure Environmental Protection? They acknowledge their is a risk, but they have to weight whether the risk is “serious enough” to clean it up? What do we have to do, wait for some elected official or celebrity to suffer a fatal or at least very tragic circumstances, then we can have a rally and Congressional hearings, and THEN move to protect us against something we already know is a problem?

How many days do we have left of this clown in the White House? Can’t we find a way to gag him until January 20th?

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